Closet-seat.



W. E. ROSS & L. G."JENSEN.

CLOSBT SEAT.

f APPLIGATIQN FILED JUNE 27, 1911.

1,015,512., Patented Jan123,1912.

f d E WILLIAM E. ROSS AND LABS ran sra"rEisl PATENT crnica.

c. JENSEN, or Fnolnnnns, MONTANA.

oLosET-sner.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented aan. 23,191.2.,

- Appneatmnnied :une 27,1911. 'serial No. 635,628.

.connection with the ordinary seat, and.'

which will beso constructed as t-he user against contagion.

Theinvention. further aims to provide a seat of the character mentionedwhich may be folded to occupy but little space and will be so light inweight as to 'be convenient to carry from place to place.

to protect Further the invention aims to provide' an' auxiliary seat forclosets which'seat may be washed or otherwise cleaned and will` becomfortable to the liser. i y

ln the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is `a perspective view of'a closetseat' embodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a l View partly in sideelevation'and partly in section, the auxiliary seat/,being illust-ratedas disposed directly upon th'e main or ordinary seat, in full lines, andsupported there-` above, in dotted lines; Fig. 3 1s a perspectiveview;of the auxiliary seat,'looking at the under side thereof; Fig. 4 isa perspective view of the auxiliary seat, showing the manner in whichitis to be folded.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.-` 'In the drawing, the closet'bowl isindl-y catedby the lreference character B and the seat thereof by thereference numeral 1, this seat being of substantially the sameconstruction as the ordinary seat. A cover 2 is provided as usual andmay be swung down to overlie the seat 1. vAnumber of standards arefoldably mountedfupo'n the seat 1 "and are designed to support theauxiliary seat in a manner which will be presently explained. Each ofthese standards comprises an attaching plate 3 which is formed with arecess'l 'of substantially the same shape and dimensions as the standardwhich is indicated by the numeral 5 and .is pivoted as at 6, at one end,in' one "end in the countyA of the vrecess `.The ,standard 5 may befolded to'v lie within; therece'ss,4,' when the *auxiliary seat isinet'i'n use, or maybe swung to a position upstanding .from the saidseat. Two of the standardsfabove ,described are mountedattherearoftheseat, at each side of the oxaningdv in the seat, and a single one ofthe standards is mounted at the front of the seat midway. lbetween `thesides thereof and the pivoted end of the standard @lathe front oftheseat is the one whic is adjacent' the pivoted ends of t-he standards v,

at therear of the seat.- The standards are provided with shoulders 8`Aso that when they are swung up tothe position shown'in Fig. l ofthedrawing, they will vbe held'in this position by the auxiliaryiseatwhich theysupport and which will now be described.

The auxiliaryseat canvasor other similar material land' is indicatedbythe numeral 9,V itfbeing of substantiallyv the same form aslthe seatl1 and being formed with an opening 10 designed to be located directlyabovevthe opening 'L is preferably made of n in the seat l. The seat .9is. provided, at

its rear, at each side",of the openingl-O with sockets 11 which extendtransverselyofjthe seat and are connected by a reinforcing 12. which islocated between the. plies ofthe seat 9 and extends transversely of theseat rearwardly ofthe opening 10"\therein. A block 13 is arranged a'tthe front of the seat, upon its under side and isv ormed wit-h a seriesof sockets 14 which extend in a line from frontto rear. 'A rod 15 is in--tegral with or secured to the block 13 at its rear end and extends toeach side' of the*` said block and is secured between the plies of theseat, this rod together Withthe rod stantially flat when in use'.

12 serving to hold the flexible seat sub-' ,A

In usingthe auxiliary seat in connect-i511 p' with a main seat such asshown and de- 100.

scribed, the upperends of the standards at the rear of the main seat arefitted in the. sockets 11 and the upper endof'the singlev standard atthe' front of the `seat is 'fitted in one vor another vof thesockets-1st. auxiliary-seat is in this manner supported spaced above themain seat l. The auX- iliary seat is preferably provided at the front ofthe opening 10 with an apron 16'- which depends'therefrom andisdesigned-t0. 1-1QA protect the user of the seat, in a manner",-r`

which will be' readily understood. By refl The j;

ferring to Fig. 2 of the drawing it, will be readily understood'that theauxiliary seat may be used, conveniently, in connection with an ordinarycloset seatin which instance the apron 16 will perform the same functionasy above described.

Il In folding the auxiliary seat, the portion rearwardly of the rod l2is lirst folded over on. the line ain the direction indicated by 'zthearrow a, Aafter which the portion in advance of the block 13 is foldedover on the line b-by as indicated by thearrow b. The apron 16 is thenfolded down to the right in Fig. 3 of the` drawing and the'mat is thenvfolded diaconally on the line c-c and inally'on the line d-d.

It will be observed from an inspection of Fig '2 that the standards areso inclined that when the auxiliary seat is removed they will fall bygravity into their sockets. Having thus described the invention, whatclaimed as new is:

1. The combination with a closetseat, of -a flexible mat having sockets,and standards upon the .seat fitting at their ends in the sockets andsupporting /the mat above the Q 'The combinationwith a closet seat, of aflexible mat having sockets, and standards 'foldably mounted upon theseat and .fitting -at their ends inthe sockets and supporting the matabove the seat..

'l 3. The combination with a closet seat, of

a, flexible mat having sockets, standards at each side of the seat atthe rear thereof, and a standard at the front of the scat, the standardsfittingat their ends in the sockets and supporting the mat above theseat.

4. ,The combination with a closet seat, of a fiexible mat havingsockets, plates secured upon the seat and having recesses, and astandard pivoted upon each plate and foldable to lie in the respectivesocket or to upst-and from the seat, the said standards litting at theirends in the sockets in the mat and supporting the said mat above theseat.

5. The combination with a closet seat, of

Astandards pivot-ed at opposite sides of the at the middle of the frontof the seat,

an auxiliary yseat having spaced sockets receiving the upper ends of the'first menti oned standards, and a plurality of sockets arranged tointerchangeably receive thel upper vend of the last mentioned standard.

7 The combination with a closet seat, of

standards foldably mounted upon the seat about the opening therein, andan auxiliary seat supported by the standards.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence'of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM Ross. 1jr.. a] Lans c. JENsEv. [as] lVitnesses z" i MAGKZY F.EMMEN, GEORGE L .'loLsoN.

